There’s a place on the internet where lost roosters are found and unlikely friendships form over a shared love of vintage clothing patterns. Neighbors debate the moral questions around removing beaver dams. When the local food shelf announces it is out of legumes, almost magically, cans of garbanzo and pinto beans appear on its front…
In loving memory of Laurie Jones, February 27, 1952-February 8, 2022. It doesn’t seem possible that you have been gone for two years. There is not a day that goes by that we don’t think of you a thousand times. We miss you and love you, Laurie.
Milton woman was married to the love of her life and will be dearly missed
Two bills that would raise taxes for Vermont’s wealthiest residents are being discussed in Montpelier. H.827 would add to the tax liability of people who have $10 million in assets. H.828 would create a 3 percent personal income tax surcharge on income over $500,000. A large group of local organizations that includes the 13,000-strong teachers’…
Father of three loved coaching, cooking meals for others and helping those in need
Burlington native leaves behind many loved ones
South Burlington woman offered kindness freely and often to people who needed it the most
Essex Junction man had a heart of gold and enjoyed helping patients at the UVM Medical Center
Updated at 7:16 p.m. Vermont’s Agency of Education is at imminent risk of losing $100,000 in federal funds for failing to comply with reporting requirements related to identification of low-performing schools. The money represents a quarter of a $400,000 allocation the state was set to receive to administer the federal Title I program, which provides…
Colchester man loved rooting for the Green Bay Packers and was an accomplished guitarist and bluegrass musician
Loving mother, wife, woman of faith
Vermont College of Fine Arts, the school that last year moved its residencies out of state and sold off most of the buildings on its 15-acre campus in Montpelier, is looking for a buyer or a partner. Interim president Andrew Ramsammy, who joined the school in late December, said on Thursday that his goals are…
Hoping to head off national conservative groups that are pushing book bans, several Vermont lawmakers are sponsoring bills that would make it tougher to remove items from school and public libraries over ideological concerns. Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (D-Middletown Springs) told the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs on Thursday that the bill he…
Shelburne woman’s life was a journey of unrestrained curiosity and creativity, filled with joys of her own making
A debut album is a little like a high school yearbook photo. Sure, it brings back some great memories, but maybe the hair and wardrobe choices haven’t aged that well, you know? First records can also represent an artist’s starting point, so after years of natural evolution, their debut might not sound like the band…
What Vermont politician brought an actual dog and pony to his final press conference? The answer: Former governor Jim Douglas, who used the animals as a self-deprecating joke in reference to his critics’ contention that he hosted overly promotional “dog and pony show” media events. “I will never get over this fact,” Amanda Kay Gustin,…
The works of New York City-based artists Fawn Krieger and David B. Smith both contrast with and complement each other in a canny dance of texture, pattern and color. This is evident in their current shared exhibition, “Home Bodies,” at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Krieger’s wall-hung objects are composed of glazed and fired clay…
What Vermonter would not like to take a winter break in the Caribbean? Imagine sunshine, ocean breezes, balmy temps… But if you don’t have the time or resources to head south right now, the artwork of Pievy Polyte might provide a little solace. And you only have to go as far as the South Burlington…
Fans of “Fleabag” know Andrew Scott as the “hot priest,” but the actor demonstrates that his appeal transcends the physical realm with his Golden Globe-nominated performance in All of Us Strangers. The new drama from director Andrew Haigh (45 Years, “Looking”) is loosely based on Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel Strangers. Catch the film that squeezed…
The first new singles of the year from Vermont artists have started to drop, and some great tunes are coming down the pike. First up is from friend of the paper (read: frequent contributor) Justin Boland, who’s dropping a lot of new hip-hop in 2024 as Wombaticus Rex. He kicks it off with a savage…
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath,” wrote author F. Scott Fitzgerald. I’d like to expand that metaphor and apply it to you, Aquarius. I propose that your best thinking and decision making in the coming weeks will be like swimming underwater while holding your breath. What…
‘Carpetbagger’ Candidate [Re “Former Middlebury Selectboard Member Announces Bid for Governor,” January 5, online]: A 33-year-old from Connecticut running for governor of Vermont? Are you serious? Fred Tuttle, star of the Vermont mockumentary Man With a Plan, would have referred to such a candidate as a “carpetbagger.” Rightly so. How you give such ludicrous aspirations…
Last week, online music mag Pitchfork was folded into GQ, the men’s fashion magazine, dealing a grievous blow to music criticism. We at Seven Days are used to picking up the slack when these sorts of things happen, so this week, instead of our typical two album reviews, we bring you six, all from Vermont…
new in theaters FIGHTER: Elite aviators form a squad called the Air Dragons in this Hindi action-adventure film from director Siddharth Anand, starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone. (166 min, NR. Majestic) currently playing ALL OF US STRANGERS ★★★★1/2 As he embarks on a new romance, a screenwriter (Andrew Scott) finds his long-dead parents still…
The Flynn is inviting all Vermonters to a three-day meeting — as much or as little of it as they’d like — to help shape the future of the state’s largest arts organization. “The arts in Vermont are at risk,” Jay Wahl, executive director of the downtown Burlington theater, wrote in his invitation to Vermonters.…
Montpelier’s public library suffered $1 million in flood damage last July, so a $1,087 donation might seem like a drop in the bucket. Yet there was something touching about the recent contribution, Kellogg-Hubbard Library executive director Dan Groberg said: It reciprocated a gesture of goodwill that Montpelier library officials had made under similar circumstances —…
Half a year ago, Seven Days published its first Québec Issue. On June 21, 2023, we filled an entire edition of this newspaper with stories about our Canadian neighbor. In the past we’d written on occasion about north-of-the-border events, restaurant and exhibits. For a while Seven Days even had a Montréal column, penned by Jeanne…
A proposal to allow logging on 1,935 acres of state-owned land in central Vermont has touched off opposition from neighbors and environmental activists who say those woods should be allowed to become old-growth forest. The increased cutting is part of a draft management plan for 19,000 acres of state forest in the Worcester Range, a…
The air is crisp, my skin is the color of a Queen Anne rose, and I’m dressed in so many layers I could pass for Bonhomme’s short, plump sister. He’s around here somewhere, Bonhomme, the King of Carnaval de Québec. My eyes are peeled for the host of the party as I wander the cobblestone…
Last summer, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George emailed local police chiefs with an unusual request. She wanted a list of people being arrested over and over again for nonviolent offenses. The reform-minded prosecutor wasn’t compiling this list of shoplifters and car thieves to crack down on them. Instead, she wanted to enroll them in…
In one of her Reith Lectures for the BBC, novelist Hilary Mantel observed, “We carry the genes and the culture of our ancestors, and what we think about them shapes what we think of ourselves, and how we make sense of our time and place.” Shrewsbury poet Joan Aleshire looked to her ancestors for inspiration…
Dear Reverend, I recently started seeing a 30-year-old woman whom I like. I’m 50, and she has expressed thinking I’m so much older than her, like it was bothering her even though at first it didn’t seem to be an issue. Should I break it off now before I get more attached, because it will…
Two stories about Vermont boys and their dogs by Vermont authors are among the most distinguished literature for young people published in 2023, the American Library Association announced on Monday. M.T. Anderson’s middle grade novel Elf Dog and Owl Head has been named one of five Newbery Honor books, while Ken Cadow’s debut novel, Gather,…
Good fried chicken takes time. Typically, the meat is soaked in a seasoned brine for several hours before pieces are dredged in a coating mixture and then fried — often twice, with a rest in between. Even the home cooks who have the energy and patience for all these steps still need to budget more…
Things are getting fancy at 88 Oak Street in the Old North End. By late March or early April, Paul Trombly and the team behind popular Burlington-based food truck Mister Foods Fancy will open Fancy’s in the space shared with Poppy Café & Market. The full-service restaurant will offer the vegetable-heavy, Middle Eastern-inspired cuisine Mister…
A pair of chefs opened Scrag & Roe in the heart of Waitsfield, near the covered bridge, on December 18. Co-owners Nathan Davis and Caleb Pearce named their restaurant in honor of nearby Scrag Mountain and fish roe. Its menu features globally inspired, mostly small and shareable plates, such as a bright and elegant scallop…
About six months after reopening Burlington’s Revolution Kitchen, mother-and-daughter co-owners Karen and Madison Barchowski have put the restaurant on the market. Karen confirmed that the family decided to sell the business during a planned monthlong January closure. She said she is in conversation with several potential buyers, and the new owner will decide whether to…
Carmen Get It Wednesday 31 The latest Metropolitan Opera performance live streaming to Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater is Georges Bizet’s classic work Carmen. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina sings the title role in this timely, feminist reimagining directed by acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell. Pineapple of My Eye Friday 26-Sunday 28 Burlington winter is but a distant…
In 2022, Vermont’s arts and culture sector generated $158.6 million in economic activity, $34.8 million in tax revenue and supported about 2,700 jobs. That’s according to a recent study by national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts, which publishes research documenting the arts’ economic impact in communities across the U.S. approximately every five years.…
